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Getting the Teenage Diabetic Patient to Comply

One of the main problems with teenage diabetes patients is getting the patient to comply with the diet and medication regimen. Thi...

Adolescence and Deviance

In eight pages the concept of deviance is examined in terms of definition and relevant sociological theories in order to make a de...

Children's Use of Antidepressants

In six pages the growing practice of children and adolescents using antidepressants is discussed in terms of the controversy and w...

Child and Adolescent OCD

In eighteen pages Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is examined in an overview of the diagnosis as described in DSM IV with a literatu...

How Mass Media Can Impact Teenage Girls.

In our parents time it may have been: the brains, the geeks and the jocks. In a 1999 report entitled, "Girls, media, and the nego...

Adolescent Substance Abuse and Comorbidity

In five pages a research design detailed in an article discussing adolescent substance abuse and comorbidity is critiqued. Four s...

The Twenty First Century Media and Adolescence

This paper consists of ten pages and discusses the often skewed perceptiions the media presents in regards to adolescents which fu...

Ribeiro-Carvalho, et al (2011)/Article Summary

to drugs, when placed in water is to swim vigorously and frantically claw at the side of the container in an effort to escape (Rib...

Overview of Adolescent Depression

of morbidity and mortality and depression among youth has become increasing prevalent. Adolescent depression has been shown to gen...

Changes and Challenges: Adolescence, Late Adulthood

should be prohibited from normal adult activities, such as drinking alcoholic beverages, driving motor vehicles, and voting. On ...

Strategies for Addressing Developmental Obstacles

They no longer cry or lash out violently if their needs are not instantly gratified, and they can engage in social situation in a ...

Self-Esteem Autonomy Attachment in Teenagers

This is the Millennial Generation. They do not know the threat of a nuclear war, have no idea of what the USSR was or meant, they ...

Diabetic Ketoacidosis, A Case Study

serious, potentially fatal, but preventable, complication of diabetes mellitus that occurs when there is insufficient insulin to m...

Citizenship and Sports Participation

to be one of the social activities that improve the quality of life (Dinc, 2011). This evaluation is derived from the fact that en...

Adolescent Social Development, Footloose

This essay discusses topics that address adolescent development as dramatized in the movie Footloose. The writer discusses parent-...

Participation in Youth Sports

This research paper presents examination of sports research in order to ascertain if the benefits associated with sports participa...

Development in the Adolescent Stage

deliberate decisions and choices, especially about vocation, sexual orientation, and life in general, role confusion becomes a thr...

Nursing and Adolescent Pregnancy

their infants, and this factor is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, as well as significant financial expenditures...

Media Violence and Behaviour

effect of exposure to violent video games has been determined to be 0.2, which is more than the effect of asbestos on cancer, home...

Teenage Years

want to be. They may experiment with a number of attitudes, values, and personalities trying to find something that will fit and t...

Changes for Adolescents

among those challenges could be racism, classism, sexism, adultism, and cultural oppression. Any of these can have devastating eff...

Danny Zuko From The Movie Grease

for constant friendship and status both in the group and in the school. The group gives each member protection from being alone an...

TV's Effect on Sexual Behavior

modeling and imitation (Somers and Tynan, 2006). Hypothesis in each study Collins, et al, propose that television holds the pote...

Substance Abuse and Adolescents

entire population of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005). This represents a slight decre...

A Case Study on Adolescent Development

creativity (Wilderdom, 2004). Piaget presented four stages of cognitive development to explain how children learn and develop. Pi...

Adolescent Counseling and William Glasser's Theories

exert an influence in adult life. Freud maintained that individuals develop their personalities as a result of biological...

Schools and Adolescent Behavioral Challenges

having lasting significance, since it impacts not only on childs subsequent emotional and psychological development but also on th...

Adolescent Self Concept

interpret and organize information in a way which leads to the development of a stable idea of "self". They note that Erikson (196...

Adolescent Counseling and the Theories of William Glasser

to strict behaviorism either, and nor did he support the traditional therapeutic model in which the client had a mainly passive ro...

A Scale for Adolescent Coping

and similarity" (Kipke et al, 1997, p. 655). Within the forming of these friendships is also a climate of greater importance with...